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Food: Inside the hothouses of industry

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Feeding the world is going to require the scientific and financial muscle of agricultural biotechnology companies. Natasha Gilbert asks whether they're up to the task.

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Gilbert, N. Food: Inside the hothouses of industry. Nature 466, 548–551 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/466548a

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